Culicoides species attracted to horses with and without insect hypersensitivity

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-97

  van der Rijt, Renske ^a   van den Boom, Robin ^a   Jongema, Yde ^b   van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, Marianne M Sloet ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culicoides; Horse; Insect hypersensitivity; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT BITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 50449092535     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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